Speech #810135369

It is clear to anyone who studies the facts that our present system is an open invitation for Communist infiltration. and that this invitation is being accepted on a wholesale scale. It is difficult to understand how the State Department can expect to thwart the efforts of subversive agents masquerading as affiliates of international organizations or as affiliates of foreign governments. to gain admittance to this country. even though these aliens are bent on mischief once they are on American soil. In making their applications for visas under either of these two classifications. aliens are not required to state whether or not they are Communists. That is the prevailing practice in the State Department today. As a result of the pursuance of that policy officials of the State Department testified before the subcommittee that the Department does not know the number of Communists who today hold visas in the categories I have described. Further. these officials stated that they cannot even give a reasonable estimate of the number of the Communists who have been admitted in these categories. It is not for me to explain the attitude of the State Department by which not a single visa has been withheld In the numerous cases In which adverse security reports were submitted to the Department of State. It is not for me to explain the attitude of the Department of State in opposing the enactment of legislation designed to sever the pipe line of Communist infiltration in the United States but it should be emphasized here and now that the United States Senate and the Congress cannot abrogate its duty to discharge a fundamental responsibility of every government. namely. to protect itself from those who would plot its destruction. . The cold fact is that agents of international communism today move freely across our borders to engage in espionage and antiAmerican propaganda. to plot with impunity the destruction of our free institutions. That brings us to another glaring defect in our present immigration laws which Senate bill 1832 is designed to correct. Once these subversive aliens get in the country their deportation Is not only a difficult. but sometimes an impossible. task. The multitude of legal loopholes and technicalities which have mushroomed within our immigration system provides the Communists with an iron curtain of protection against expulsion -from this country. Before a deportation can be completed. the subversive alien. with the help of skillful lawyers. can delay proceedings against him by an almost Interminable series of hearings and appeals. As a result. a large number of. dangerous aliens are roaming the streets of America today. engaging in their workengaging in the very activities for which the Government wishes to deport themwhile their cases are pending before boards or. before the courts. I may add that Attorney General Clark in his appearance before us stated that there were approximately 3.600 open cases. The case of Gerhart Eisler Is typical of many others. We know that he was able to travel throughout the country. speaking. propagandizing. and directing Communist activities while under deportation warrant. Just recently a witness. by the name of George Pirlnsky. appeared before our committee. He is the guiding commissar of the American Slav Congress. as well as a known member of the Communist Party. This organization. as is well known. is the most dangerous Communist front In this country operating among foreignlanguage groups. its principal purpose being the organization of antiAmerican Communist cells in large industrial centers. Pirinsky. although under deportation warrant. is walking the streets until such time as the legal loopholes which have permitted him to leave Ellis Island shall have been exhausted. Courtesy to members of the diplomatic corps does not mean that they have the right to lend their positive efforts in spreading antiAmerican doctrines while they are enjoying our hospitality. It is not proper for them to help set up propaganda devices here for broadcasting messages as to the glories of the Communist state and the comparative shortcomings of the democracies of the world. including the United States.